Mountainous areas

Teacher Luc Thi Ly has to walk every day along a rough and dangerous track to her school in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. Luc Thi Ly, 31, was recently assigned to teach at a branch of Na Kieng Nursery School in Lung Kim Village, Quang Uyen District. Ly, who is married with a four-year-old child, said that her husband’s family is around 100 kilometres from the school, and 200 kilometres from her parents’ house. “Every day, she has to walk for five kilometres to go to work. I recently fell due to the slippery path. I’m still in pain. Even for locals it's a challenging track. So, for me, this is even harder,” Ly said. Na Kieng Nursery School in Lung Kim Village is in very poor condition with timber temporary classrooms. There is also no electricity, water or even a phone signal. Houses for teachers have not yet been built, so, Ly has to stay in a rundown room near the classrooms. She is the only teacher whose home is too … [Read more...] about Hard teaching lives in northern mountainous areas

The provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An are forecast to experience rains and heavy rains, thunderstorms, said the National Center for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting. In the upper sections of Ma, Ca Rivers will appear small floods. However, the center warned flash floods and landslides may hit the northern mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces V.PHUC-Translated by T.Tran Tags: flash floods landslides mountainous areas Thanh Hoa Nghe An … [Read more...] about Flash floods, landslide may hit Thanh Hoa, Nghe An provinces’ mountainous areas

The lowest temperature could reach at 16- 19 degrees Celsius, even drop down below 15 degrees Celsius in the mountainous areas.Capital of Hanoi will see small rain and the lowest temperature of 17- 19 degrees Celsius while both the Gulf of Tonkin and the northern territorial water of the East Sea including the Paracel Islands will experience strong wind of level 5-8 and sea rough. From January 28-29, the cold air mass is predicted to powerfully operate and cause frost appearance in the mountainous areas. Source: NHMFC- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Cold air to cause frost appearance in mountainous areas

Various activities including artistic programs and folk games such as stick-pushing, crossbow shooting, running and walking on stilts, were took place at the hall of fame in Thanh Son hamlet after the opening ceremony of the event. Accordingly, the activities will be held across the district in border areas of Ha Giang province; including providing free check-ups and medicines to local people, organizing art performances for people in Quan Ba and Dong Van district, visiting and presenting Tet gifts to policy families, national contributors' families and needy people in the districts of Hoang Su Phi, Dong Van, Quan Ba, Vi Xuyen. An artistic performance at the program The highlight of the program is the “Warm Spring in mountainous areas” festival took place at the hall of fame in Thanh Son hamlet, Thanh Thuy commune, Vi Xuyen district, with the participation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on January 27. NA Chairwoman will also … [Read more...] about Program brings warm Spring to mountainous areas

NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong During a conference held in Hanoi on December 26 toreview the enforcement of the NA’s resolution on socio-economic development inethnic minority and mountainous regions, the council reported that thepolitical security, socio-economic situation and social safety and order inethnic minority and mountainous regions have been basically stable. However, several localities faceddifficulties due to natural disasters, flooding, climate change, drought andsaline intrusion, particularly in Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La and MekongDelta localities. Vice Chairman of the NA Council ofEthnic Affairs Nguyen Lam Thanh said socio-economic programs under the watch ofthe council cost upwards of 4.5 trillion VND (200 million USD) this year, butdisbursement reached only 46 percent as of September 2017. NA deputy Dinh Duy Vuot from Gia Laisaid policies and projects in ethnic minority and mountainous regions overlapand are inappropriate for different ethnic … [Read more...] about New criteria for delimitation of ethnic, mountainous areas suggested

(Cinet)- Implementing the training plan for library officials 2008 approved by the leadership of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, within days from 10/11 -12/11/2008 recently, at the provincial library of Bac Giang, the Department of library, the Department of Library of Vietnam already cooperated with the FORCE Fund (Holland) and the general scientific of Hochiminh city already held the training course on “mobile library service for the blind” for libraries in the library union in the mountainous area in the North. Accordingly, the training course had the participation of students from provinces: Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Yen Bai, Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, and Cao Bang. At the training course, students had a chance to study some knowledge on : services for the blind, using software and equipment for the blind, practicing and applying serving in practice, study the theory and being trained to use software and equipment on the mobile library vehicle for … [Read more...] about The training course of mobile library services for the blind in library union in the mountainous area in the North

Illustrative image (Cinet)- On December 04, in Bac Kan province, a cultural sector in 07 provinces of the northern midland and mountainous area summarized emulation and award campaign in 2015; tasks 2016.07 provinces of the northern midland and mountainous area comprise Bac Kan, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai.According to a message of the emulation campaign 2015 themed “Solidarity, creation and development”, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in some provinces encouraged many campaigns and gained some good results. Some targets and tasks of the sector have fulfilled and gained some proposed results. Some provinces in the region organized well some events of culture, sports in locals; propagandize the Party Congress and the emulation campaign. Some activities of sports and physical training continues to maintain and develop. The tourists to the provinces in the northern midland and mountainous area have increased over 13 million … [Read more...] about Cultural sector of the northern midland and mountainous area implements tasks 2016

(Cinet) – Within two days (4-5 September), in Dien Bien, the Association of Examiners, the Association of Photographers of Vietnam held to mark the prize “ the festival of art photography of 15 Northern mountainous provinces the tenth, 2010)” . Dien Bien Province attracts 1.219 pictures of 306 authors ( Dien Bien province has 85 works of 21 authors) to participate in the competition. The council of the examiners choose 215 pictures to hang in the exhibition, in which 24 pictures winning the prize ( 1 gold prize, 5 silver prizes, 8 bronze prizes, and 10 consolation prizes, and 4 agencies have many pictures to win team prizes). Besides, 4 team prizes are awarded for the association of literature and arts of Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen, Son La provinces. The photo exhibition and the declaration ceremony will be held in the mid of October 2010 in Dien Bien Phu city ( Dien Bien Province) . Young author Duc Ky ( Lao Cai … [Read more...] about The festival of Art photography in the Northern Mountainous area 2010

Many schools in the mountainous areas in the central region have closed as the temperature dropped to 4 degrees. Fire set up in the schoolyard in Quang Nam Province Nguyen Anh Tuan, head of Tay Giang District Department of Education and Training, Quang Nam Province, said they let 350 pupils in Ch'Om and Ga Ri communes stay home. "Because of cold weather and inadequate infrastructure, we decided to let the pupils stay home for a week until the weather is warmer," he said.In the past days, teachers at nursery schools in Tam Thanh Commune, Quan Son District, have to set up a fire in the schoolyard to keep 389 pupils warm. About 252 of the pupils have to stay in deteriorated bamboo rooms set up by the locals and parents.Head of Tam Thanh Commune Nursery School Ha Thi Tiep said, "The temperatures are around 10 to 13 degrees. The pupils lack socks, shoes, warm clothes and blankets. When it's too cold, we let pupils stay home."Quan Son District authorities said they were renovating the … [Read more...] about Schools in mountainous areas closed as cold spell continues

HÀ NỘI — Cultural, sports and tourism activities will be organised more regularly in the mountainous regions and ethnic communities in the period between 2017-2022. The memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday by the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to intensify these activities with the aim of promoting the diversified cultures and traditional identity of ethnic groups and promoting tourism in the mountainous regions, according to Trịnh Thị Thủy, deputy minister of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry. Accordingly, work will be carried out including raising awareness among ethnic people of preserving culture and traditions of scripts, costumes, festivals and cuisine; and encouraging local people to develop tourism and protect the environment. — VNS … [Read more...] about More cultural activities for mountainous areas